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Literature summary for 2.1.1.67 extracted from

  • de Boer, N.K.; van Bodegraven, A.A.; de Graaf, P.; van der Hulst, R.W.; Zoetekouw, L.; van Kuilenburg, A.B.
    Paradoxical elevated thiopurine S-methyltransferase activity after pancytopenia during azathioprine therapy: potential influence of red blood cell age (2008), Ther. Drug Monit., 30, 390-393.
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Application

Application Comment Organism
medicine the remarkable change in enzyme activity of TPMT may be explained by differences in the age of red blood cells, as younger erythrocytes have a higher TPMT activity Homo sapiens

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a thiopurine Homo sapiens
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S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a thiopurine S-methylether
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Homo sapiens
-
-
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
blood
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Homo sapiens
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erythrocyte
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Homo sapiens
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
0.00000716
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TMPT reference activity after recovery of the bone marrow suppression Homo sapiens
0.00003033
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elevated TPMT activity during the recovery phase of a bone marrow suppression, following the pancytopenic period Homo sapiens

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 6-mercaptopurine
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Homo sapiens S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methylmercaptopurine
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?
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 6-thioinosine-monophosphate
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Homo sapiens S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methylmercaptopurine-ribonucleotide consisting of 6-methyl-thioinosine-monophosphate, -diphosphate and triphosphate ?
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a thiopurine
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Homo sapiens S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a thiopurine S-methylether
-
?
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + azathioprine azathioprine is converted via a non-enzymatic reaction to mercaptopurine, which is subsequently metabolized through TPMT Homo sapiens S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methylmercaptopurine + ?
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?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
thiopurine S-methyltransferase
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Homo sapiens
TPMT
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Homo sapiens

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.5
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TPMT activity assay Homo sapiens